Using a frugal install to HD. Everything I tested works well and as expected except that I can not ad a printer. When trying to ad a printer, the browser says, “The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost:631. Please check this out before releasing 8.2.

yes, executable permissions are missing, you can solve it with the command

Code:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/*

There are other minor bugs though :

Code:

# /usr/sbin/cups_shell
/etc/init.d/cups: line 183: echo_success: command not found
cups: stopped scheduler.
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 25: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 26: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 54: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/etc/init.d/cups: line 175: echo_success: command not found
cups: started scheduler.

I have used Libre Office Write for the first time in a Quirky and I expected it to kill my live-flash in 2GB of RAM. But it was only very slightly sluggish and it even printed (and without the leading blank line that was guaranteed by Abiword). And when I asked it to do too much the offending applications crashed without crashing X or the OS (unlike other Quirkys since 733)!

Sorry linuxcbon but I do not agree with your shotgun code approach i.e. making
everything in /etc/init.d/ executable.

In previous Pups Barry has usually had cups starting and running by default.
In other words ticked in "BootManager:Manage system services". In this beta Pup
IIRC he did not, which would explain doggone's error message.
If you do tick cups you need to then reboot for correct operation.

The composite shot below shows the relationship between "Manage system services"
and the content of /etc/init.d/
A tick toggles the item into an executable state. A blank box removes the executable
permission.

In the composite shot below I am displaying executable files in blue as is my habit.
It is handy in many folders to quickly see at a glance what is and is not executable.

There is no need to turn on items that you have no intention of using.

My previous experience is that there are always more bugs found after an official release, so probably 8.2.1 is not far away.
It is expected to be a simple Service Pack PET.

I have not released a Service Pack to upgrade from Xerus 8.1.6, as there were some problems reported awhile back regarding the Service Packs not working quite as expected.
I decided to get 8.2 out, and then examine the Service Pack mechanism at my leisure.

There is a post above about printing not working, and one post with a fix. I did test printing with an earlier beta build and it worked, so I thought that one was OK. I will check it out._________________http://bkhome.org/news/

Using a frugal install to HD. Everything I tested works well and as expected except that I can not ad a printer. When trying to ad a printer, the browser says, “The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost:631. Please check this out before releasing 8.2.

yes, executable permissions are missing, you can solve it with the command

Code:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/*

There are other minor bugs though :

Code:

# /usr/sbin/cups_shell
/etc/init.d/cups: line 183: echo_success: command not found
cups: stopped scheduler.
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 25: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 26: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/usr/bin/cups-config: line 54: dpkg-architecture: command not found
/etc/init.d/cups: line 175: echo_success: command not found
cups: started scheduler.

Oh, I see. That is why printing was reported as broken. The change that I made was to disable most of the daemons, including /etc/init.d/cups. This is done by clearing the "execute" permissions of the file.

The reason why I did this, is because I am becoming increasing paranoid about security, and any daemon is a potential security hole.

You can right-click on /etc/init.d/cups and choose "Properties" then tick the "Exec" checkboxes.

Edit:
Ha ha, I have just spotted a bug, in that "Manage daemons" window. There is a checkbox labeled just "functions" (file /etc/init.d/functions). Do not tick that, it is not a daemon.
It doesn't matter if ticked anyway, as it is only a collection of functions. This file comes from the OpenEmbedded project, so I put it in there for compatibility with OE.

I have used Libre Office Write for the first time in a Quirky and I expected it to kill my live-flash in 2GB of RAM. But it was only very slightly sluggish and it even printed (and without the leading blank line that was guaranteed by Abiword). And when I asked it to do too much the offending applications crashed without crashing X or the OS (unlike other Quirkys since 733)!

I have only used it on a laptop with 4GB RAM, and it is quite perky. No crashes, but then I have only given it fairly light duties._________________http://bkhome.org/news/

I have a wireless Microsoft Mouse and it won't work no matter what I try. Touchpad works.
The mouse works on Slacko64 but not Easy or QuirkyLast edited by Gordie on Thu 20 Jul 2017, 11:38; edited 1 time in total

The only issue so far was the poor quality/clarity of the fonts in Urxvt.(Very weak in HTOP with coloured background)
That was resolved by installing additional DejaVuSans fonts & using DejaVu Sans Mono:Bold with the settings and result
as in the following screenshot:
Press F11 to toggle into full screen then click on link below.
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B_iVVJCd9q09SEQ2U1lDdmJVMjQ_________________Regards ETP
Kennels

The only issue so far was the poor quality/clarity of the fonts in Urxvt.(Very weak in HTOP with coloured background)
That was resolved by installing additional DejaVuSans fonts & using DejaVu Sans Mono:Bold with the settings....

What? ETP, no offense, but what is heaven's name are you talking about here? You do know that Barry included URXT Terminal Setup Control (it is a Menu entry if one looked, common in all pups) where you have the choice of 16 different fonts and their variations, plus customizing font sizes, shapes, shades, etc. DejaVueSans is/was already installed....why a need was felt (HTOP jumps off my screens in terms of clarity after using URXT Terminal Setup to quickly adjust URXVT's fonts) makes no sense. But, as usual, I guess none of the world makes sense to me....like the previous poster above ETP complaining about missing Abiword 3.0.1 when LibreOffice---as in Libre-Blows-Abiword-off-Earth-Office---Barry already included. Absolutely unreal.

Barry, I will say it again, this 8.1.94-8.2 is by far the best thing you've put out since Precise 5.7. The work you did on it, especially from the other Quirkies (7.0s up thru Werewolf, Xenial & Slaq Quirks) & taking into account many of the comments/tips we made to you, is very noticeable. Thanks again for all your hard work. The 8.2-on is set to become a "classic" imho.

What I miss, is abiword 3.0.1 like Quirky 8.0
Using package manager to install abiword 3.0.1 doesn't work.

Awww, don't you like LibreOffice Writer?

I am using Libreoffice now, for a few reasons, despite its size.

One reason is awhile back I had to download and fill in a form, that was a .docx file. It is a MS Office file, and had fields in it where I had to type in answers.
Anyway, Abiword just displayed a mess. LibreOffice displayed it perfectly and I was able to fill in the form and email it back.

Another reason. I discovered that Libreoffice is a very good WYSIWYG HTML editor, better than Composer in SeaMonkey -- with some caveats. Furthermore, now I'm trying to recall exactly what I did ...wanted to convert BaCon syntax-highlighted code from Geany to HTML, so as to be able to put it into a web page.
...no, can't recall exactly what I did, but did it with Libreoffice, SM wouldn't do it.

The only reason I changed is because Urxvtset uses 'yad', and I reckon there are too many of those popup message thingies. Took the opportunity to get rid of one, as from the description Radky's UrxvtControl seems to do the same thing.

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